Manually uninstall the Black Ice Printer Manager

 

Normally the Black Ice Printer Manager is removed automatically when the last non OEM printer driver is uninstalled from the system. There may be some cases when the Printer Manager is not uninstalled with the printer driver therefore it should be deleted manually.

 

This article describes how to manually remove the Black Ice Printer Manager from your system.

 

1. Delete agent printers

 

First of all delete the previously created agent printers if there are any:

Open Printer Manager.

Go to Agent Printers tab.

Delete all agent printers.

 

2. Delete the files of Printer Manager

 

Delete the folder of the Printer Manager. This folder is usually the following: C:\Program Files\Black Ice Software LLC\Black Ice Printer Manager. The target folder of the Printer Manager can be read in the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Black Ice Software LLC\Printer Manager. The TargetDir value contains the full path of the Printer Manager directory. Please delete this folder with all files and subfolders.

 

3. Delete Desktop shortcut and start menu item

 

Delete the shortcut of Printer Manager on the Desktop if it exists.

Delete the start menu item: All Programs\Black Ice Printer Manager

 

4. Remove registry key

 

Remove the following registry key:

 

On 32 bit machines:

 

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Black Ice Software LLC\Printer Manager.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Black Ice Software LLC\Printer Manager.

 

On 64 bit machines:

 

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Black Ice Software LLC\Printer Manager.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Black Ice Software LLC\Printer Manager.

 

 

 

After these steps are taken the Black Ice Printer Manager is manually removed from your system.